Sabrina Carpenter Takes Brazil While Anitta Holds the Only Portuguese Ground

Brazil's Top 20 tells a story this week that feels almost defiant in its Anglophone saturation. Sabrina Carpenter claims the summit with *Manchild*, edging out Olivia Rodrigo's *live from Glastonbury (a BBC recording)* by just two thousand listeners—114K to 112K. But the real outlier sits at #3: Anitta's *Mil veces*, a 2023 release still commanding 109K listeners, the lone Portuguese-language entry in a chart otherwise dominated by American and British pop.

Lady Gaga occupies two slots—#4 with *Apple Music Live: MAYHEM Requiem* and #5 with *MAYHEM*—while Justin Bieber's *SWAG* and another Carpenter album, *House Tour*, round out the top seven. The rest reads like a roll call of global pop royalty: Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX. Even Michael Jackson appears posthumously at #9 with *Michael: Songs From the Motion Picture*.

What's absent matters as much as what's present. No sertanejo, no funk carioca, no MPB. The chart reflects Brazil's appetite for international pop spectacle, but Anitta's persistence—two years after release—suggests something stubborn underneath. She's not just holding space; she's proving that Brazilian listeners toggle between languages without abandoning either.

The timing feels pointed, too, as Iran shifts its World Cup training base from the United States to Mexico amid geopolitical tensions. Brazil's chart, meanwhile, absorbs American influence wholesale, yet refuses total surrender. *Mil veces* remains, three slots from the top, rhythmic and unyielding—a reminder that even in a sea of English, Portuguese still pulses.